Clean Foundation’s Northumberland Strait Coastal Restoration Project is seeking public input about saltmarshes in the Northumberland Strait region of mainland Nova Scotia to help identify potential restoration sites.
Saltmarshes, also known as tidal wetlands, occur worldwide as part of estuaries and along the coast. They are regularly flooded by the ocean tides and are covered in grasses. Often called “blue carbon ecosystems”, they capture and store large amounts of carbon in their soil, and are among the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on earth. Saltmarshes are known to provide sheltered habitats for important terrestrial and aquatic species, provide nutrients to adjacent ecosystems, act as a buffer against storms, erosion and sea level rise, and reduce flooding by slowing and absorbing rainwater.
Your responses will help the Northumberland Strait Coastal Restoration Project Team compile community input, local and traditional knowledge, and other saltmarsh – related information to support the saltmarsh restoration site selection process beginning in October 2018.
Information provided on traditional practices will remain confidential.